Trotz looked rather emotional while watching the video tribute, before smiling and saluting the applauding crowd.

“Winning a Cup hasn’t defined me at all,” Trotz told the media. “All it does is, you know, it’s part of your past. And I’m not looking in the past. I’m looking in the future, and the future’s with the Islanders.”

Unfortunately for the Capitals, Trotz's Islanders were victorious, 2-0, knocking the Caps out of fist place in the Metropolitan Division.